Friday Faves

I’m sitting on a plane flying home a fabulous family holiday that took my little family along with my sister and her family through three cities in Vietnam and one in Cambodia in 2 weeks time.

Looking back through my iPhone photos and revisiting our travels makes it feels like a much longer trip than it was. Sidenote: I invested in the iPhone X before I left and haven’t regretted it for a second! The camera quality alone is worth it. And also, do you want to see a travel post wrap-up of our adventures?

In addition to us keeping a pretty full schedule of adventuring and seeing all sorts of amazing sights, one thing that totally made it feel like an actual vacation was that aside from sharing on Instagram stories, I was pretty much MIA from social media and blogging.

Not that this was entirely my plan, but when my laptop skitzed out of service because I didn’t use a converter plug at one of our hotels (grrrr!) and since I can’t remember my Facebook password to sign in on my phone, I was pretty much put into a forced digital sabbatical. And all I can say is IT FELT SO GOOD!

This whole experience reinforces the word I’ve set as this year’s intention, my yearly word of the year, the word I set to define and guide the next 12 months ahead.

The past 4 years my intention words have been:

Focus

Enough

Present

Thoughtful

Have I delivered on all of them? I don’t know if I can judge be the most accurate judge, but I put my best effort out there.

This year’s intention word is: Nourish.

Nourish is such an all-encompassing word that if immediately felt right when I chose it. To nourish the body, heart, mind and soul. To nourish with food, with love, and with good intentions. To nourish ourselves and others by creating a fulfilling life that aligns with our values.

Helping users discover and define their values is one of the main reasons I’m so proud to have co-created the Nourished Planner. But not just to help others, but for the purely selfish reason for helping me get and stay on track too.

I summed up what living what living a well-nourished life means to me in yesterday’s Nourished Planner Instagram post: “Happiness bubbles from within when we create moments and opportunities that sprout from the values we live by.”

Now that I’m back in the saddle of regular life, I’m charged and ready to get to work on defining and living my values for 2018, to create a new year filled with the things that fulfill and nourish me so I can do the same for others. Because it IS all about the bubbles of joy, isn’t it?

I’ll be sharing more of my journey and my monthly intentions bucket list in upcoming Friday Faves and I’d love to hear from you. Have you set a word of the year? Have you thought of creating an intentions list? I’m always looking for new inspiration, so let me know and share in the comments below.

Join me in defining your values and setting your own intentions with the Nourished Planner. But you’ll want to get it quick before they sell out, and if you enter ONETIME15 at checkout, you’ll get 15% off your entire order 🙂

Something I’m committed to doing a better job of in 2018 is packing lighter! I wish I’d read this before my holiday in Vietnam. Next time I’m using this as my guide!

This is such an honest blog post on the love/hate relationship we have with social media, and I have to say, taking a few months away from it sounds incredibly enticing, because even after a week without my computer made such a big difference for me.

And I love this blog post on 5 ways to live more intentionally — they’re all so important, but I think #3 is a biggie.

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I have yet to finish this post but wanted to say your trip looked amazing, and it has us talking about doing the same this year. Has been forever since either of us were in SE Asia, and I have a feeling we would love it. I will have to pick your brain …

I’m planning my honeymoon and thinking of doing the exact same trip (Vietnam with some Cambodia during a two week period). I would LOVE to see a recap of your travels, especially with lodging, itinerary and food recommendations. Even if I weren’t planning a similar trip, I adore reading travel recaps.

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